Learn how to post comments about being injured
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Eric: Must-Know Spanish Social Media Phrases Season 1. Lesson 9 - Talking About an Injury. |
| Eric: Hi everyone, I'm Eric. |
| Alex: And I'm Alex. |
| Eric: In this lesson, you'll learn how to post and leave comments in Spanish about being injured. Antonio suffers a painful injury, posts an image of it, and leaves this comment: |
| Alex: ¡El entrenamiento de fútbol me ha costado una pierna, literalmente! |
| Eric: Meaning - "Soccer training has cost me a leg, literally!" Listen to a reading of the post and the comments that follow. |
| DIALOGUE |
| Antonio: ¡El entrenamiento de fútbol me ha costado una pierna, literalmente! |
| Paco: Ya no puede hacer ejercicios pesados. |
| Teresa: ¿Qué pasó? |
| Karen: Estoy segura que no es tan grave. |
| Javier: Por eso se retiran jóvenes los futbolistas. |
| Eric: Listen again with the English translation. |
| Antonio: ¡El entrenamiento de fútbol me ha costado una pierna, literalmente! |
| Eric: "Soccer training has cost me a leg, literally!" |
| Paco: Ya no puede hacer ejercicios pesados. |
| Eric: "You can't do heavy exercises." |
| Teresa: ¿Qué pasó? |
| Eric: "What happened?" |
| Karen: Estoy segura que no es tan grave. |
| Eric: "I'm sure it's not too serious." |
| Javier: Por eso se retiran jóvenes los futbolistas. |
| Eric: "That’s why soccer players retire young." |
| POST |
| Eric: Listen again to Antonio's post. |
| Alex: ¡El entrenamiento de fútbol me ha costado una pierna, literalmente! |
| Eric: "Soccer training has cost me a leg, literally!" |
| Alex: (SLOW) ¡El entrenamiento de fútbol me ha costado una pierna, literalmente! (Regular) ¡El entrenamiento de fútbol me ha costado una pierna, literalmente! |
| Eric: Let's break this down. First comes an expression meaning "Soccer training has cost me a leg." |
| Alex: El entrenamiento de fútbol me ha costado una pierna |
| Eric: You can replace the word “leg” with another noun in this phrase to express that something has cost you more than money. Listen again- "Soccer training has cost me a leg" is... |
| Alex: (SLOW) El entrenamiento de fútbol me ha costado una pierna (REGULAR) El entrenamiento de fútbol me ha costado una pierna |
| Eric: Then comes the phrase - "literally." |
| Alex: literalmente |
| Eric: This is an adverb that means something is in a literal manner. Listen again- "literally" is... |
| Alex: (SLOW) literalmente (REGULAR) literalmente |
| Eric: Altogether, "Soccer training has cost me a leg, literally!" |
| Alex: ¡El entrenamiento de fútbol me ha costado una pierna, literalmente! |
| COMMENTS |
| Eric: In response, Antonio's friends leave some comments. |
| Eric: His girlfriend’s nephew, Paco, uses an expression meaning - "You can't do heavy exercises." |
| Alex: (SLOW) Ya no puede hacer ejercicios pesados. (REGULAR) Ya no puede hacer ejercicios pesados. |
| [Pause] |
| Alex: Ya no puede hacer ejercicios pesados. |
| Eric: Use this expression to show you’re feeling cynical. |
| Eric: His girlfriend's high school friend, Teresa, uses an expression meaning - "What happened?" |
| Alex: (SLOW) ¿Qué pasó? (REGULAR) ¿Qué pasó? |
| [Pause] |
| Alex: ¿Qué pasó? |
| Eric: Use this expression to show you’re concerned. |
| Eric: His high school friend, Karen, uses an expression meaning - "I'm sure it's not too serious." |
| Alex: (SLOW) Estoy segura que no es tan grave. (REGULAR) Estoy segura que no es tan grave. |
| [Pause] |
| Alex: Estoy segura que no es tan grave. |
| Eric: Use this expression to show you’re feeling optimistic. |
| Eric: His college friend, Javier, uses an expression meaning - "That’s why soccer players retire young." |
| Alex: (SLOW) Por eso se retiran jóvenes los futbolistas. (REGULAR) Por eso se retiran jóvenes los futbolistas. |
| [Pause] |
| Alex: Por eso se retiran jóvenes los futbolistas. |
| Eric: Use this expression to show you’re feeling frivolous. |
Outro |
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| Eric: Okay everybody, that's all for this lesson. If a friend posted something about being injured, which phrase would you use? Leave us a comment letting us know. And we'll see you next time! |
| Alex: Hasta pronto. |
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